Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

Emma in the Night

by Wendy Walker

Wow, this book left me speechless.  I mean, in a good, twisted, crazy sort of way.  I received an advanced readers copy via BookShout from St. Martins Press through She Speaks.  I wasn't sure how I felt about reading this genre, but man, what a ride.  I read this in a day, off and on, couldn't stop as I had to know!

The story is told through the eyes of Cass, missing for three years, and Dr. Abigail Winter, Forensic Psychologist, FBI.  

One night, three years ago, Emma and her younger sister Cass went missing.  Investigations, FBI questioning, and working the case, led to dead ends.

Three years later Cass shows up on her mother's doorstep, but not with Emma.  Where is Emma?

The old FBI team of Dr. Winter and Special Agent Leo Strauss are together again.  This unsolved case has been eating at Abby.  

Enter the story of a twisted family, narcissistic mother, step father, step brothers, complete dysfunction, secrets, and evil.  

As Cass tells her story, you learn of the kidnapping, that took them to a remote island where they were trapped for 3 years - hear about life there, what was endured, and you hear it in bits and pieces.  The bits and pieces is the reason you had to get to the next chapter, the reason you can't stop reading!

  Alternating from Cass to Abby helped you process and sort out all of the facts and people in this fast-paced, unbelievable story.

As her story is put together piece by piece, Abby tries to make sense of it all.  Enter her own demons and memories with a narcissistic mother.  Will this first hand experience, and the fact that this was the topic of her final project for college, help her make sense of Cass' story,  Cass' family, what really happened, and where is Emma?

Totally gripping tale that had me hooked from the first chapter!